Mortal Kombat II screenwriter Jeremy Slater revealed that New Line and Warner Bros. have already greenlit the next film at the end of the sequel’s Saturday New York Comic Con panel, telling the excited crowd to show up to theaters next summer and “make sure they know there’s an audience for this movie because we want to keep making them for you guys.”

Slater was on hand Saturday alongside director Simon McQuoid and sequel cast members Karl Urban, Adeline Rudolph, Tati Gabrielle and Martyn Ford, where they talked sequel delays and what fans can expect out of the next chapter. McQuoid, who took the question about the movie’s release shift from October to May 16, 2026, said the sequel was delayed as a result of being “a victim of our own success.”

Mortal Kombat II screenwriter Jerem

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